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George R. Brown School of Engineering
Ned Thomas, Dean of Engineering, September 23, 2014
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RICE Engineering: The Vision
• World-class research
– Address 21st century challenges in engineering for the
benefit of society
• Unsurpassed education
– Innovate in education, both on-campus, on-line, off-campus
• Global impact
– Amplify our impact through internal and external
collaborations in research and education
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Engineering at Rice:
Boundary Conditions Matter • Training professional engineering leaders
• Right topics, right equipment, right processes, right plan
• Mental attitude/culture of the place/set the right environment
• Be prepared to work hard, to work in teams, to lead
• Students are clients: need to advise them so they can excel
• Invest in research, smart people, smart ideas, be first, be
competitive, punch above your weight class
• Add VALUE to Rice experience
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Rice Engineering
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School of Engineering
Tenured & Tenure Track Faculty 117
Undergraduate Students 1364
Graduate Students (Phd + PMEng) 867
Postdoctoral Researchers 93
Research Expenditures (FY 2014) $ 54 M
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How are we doing?
Leiden World’s Top Universities (2013) • No. 1 in natural sciences and engineering
• No. 6 for all sciences
US News & World Report (2015) • Rice is among top 20 national universities since 1988
• No. 19 in 2015 ranking, down from No. 17 tie in 2013, No. 18 tie in 2014
• George R. Brown School of Engineering is tied for 18 (UCLA, Duke, Penn State)
• Bioengineering is 5 (ahead of Stanford) [2014 ranking was 8)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering is 17 [2014 ranking was >20]
Max Planck Society in Germany (2013) • No. 1 for material sciences and chemistry
• No. 2 for engineering
• No. 4 physics and astronomy
• No. 8 in computer science
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Rice Engineering: Traditional &
Computational Fields
Traditional Departments Computational Departments
Bioengineering Computational & Applied Mathematics
Chemical & Biomolecular Computer Science
Civil & Environmental Statistics
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Materials Science & NanoEngineering
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FEEDBACK FROM INDUSTRY LEADERS:
=> Rice: Big, Big Brains…smart, energetic…BUT …
Success not so much determined by
technical abilities as what you do with them
Effectiveness depends on character,
motivation, determination, communication,
teamwork, strategizing, taking responsibility,
commitment to: “get it done no matter what”
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• $1.8 million, ~6,000 square feet addition
• Increased project tables from 34 to 60
• Status: COMPLETELY FULL
ENGI 120: Intro to Engineering Design
• 2X expansion # freshmen enrolled: 160/year
• Class of 2014 first class that had design as freshmen
• => Awesome improvements in their capstone projects!
• NEXT: OEDK III:
Garage Space for BIG Projects !
Just Finished:
OEDK II: “The Kitchen Sink”
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What is ENGI 120?
ENGI 120 is Introduction
to Engineering Design
• Began spring 2011
• One semester course
– Fall & spring
• Just first year students
• Target all ENG majors
• ~50% ENG students
ELECT to take this course!
project sketches by Allison Garza
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What Do Students Do?
• Work on AUTHENTIC, CLIENT-
BASED projects.
• Learn and execute the engineering
design to solve ONE problem.
• Work in MULTIDISCIPLINARY
teams.
• COMMUNICATE constantly.
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Who are Clients in ENGI 120? 40+ Different Clients
•GE
•Shell Oil Company
•Houston Zoo
•Shriners Hospital
•Cameron
•Rice Facilities Engineering & Planning
•Beyond Traditional Borders
•NASA
•Schlumberger
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The Three Ships:
Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Internship
Helps us attract the best students and faculty and
produce superior graduates
L-Ship
E-Ship
I-Ship
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Rice Center for Engineering L-Ship: Executive Director: Kaz Karwowski
• 150 freshman and 50 upper class mentors - Saturday Sept 6
practicing leadership skills at the Engineering Liftoff
• About 200 undergraduates attended Internship (I-ship) workshop
• Capacity number of students signed up for new Leadership Certificate
program
• 4-year curriculum including weekly Leadership Labs, Leading Teams and
Innovation course, Internships
• Highly successful COMPLETE Conference March 21/22, 2014
14 Schools; NAE President; Chairman Rice BOT, NASA-JSC, Boeing…
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CROSSFIRE: Competing Views of the Future
MODERATORS:
• Jerry Kavalieratos: Alvarez &
Marsal Business Consulting
• Dick Westney: Westney Consulting
Group, Inc.
PANELISTS:
• Chuck McConnell: Leader - Rice
University Energy & Environment
Initiative
• Greg Sills: Chief Development Officer
and EVP – Cobalt Energy
• Bob Tippee: Editor, Oil & Gas Journal
• Curt Watson: President, Process Plants
& Industrial, Wood Group Mustang
2:15pm Today
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Internships !
Thank you !
Questions?